Combined gas washer and scrubber.



NO. 8125217. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

L. P. LOWE.

COMBINED GAS WASHER AND SURUBBBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1004.

IN VENT 0R."

ATTORNEY:

' To all whom it may concern:

LEON P. LOWE, OF SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED GAS WASHERAND SCRUBBER- Be it known thatl, LEON P. LOWE, acitizen of the United States, residingat San Fran+ cisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Im rovements in a Combined Gas Washer and crubb'er, of which thefollow-' ing is a specification.

My invention relates .to a combined gas washer and scrubber, the objectof my invention being to provide in a single shell an apparatus whichwill efiect repeated washings of the gas and will then effect repeatedscrubbings of the same, thus efiectuallycleansing the gas by anapparatus compact and simple in form.

' My invention therefore resides in thenovel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts for the above ends hereinafter l'ully secified, and particularly pointed out in the c alms.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi ure 1 is a vertical section of theapparatus. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an L-shaped casing, of which theu right portion 2 is cylindrical in form an forms the bottomof saidchamber.

scrubbing-chamber for the gas, while the horizontal member 3 issubstantially rec'tangular in form and forms the primary gaswashingchamber.

- 6 represents the inlet-pipefor the gas,which discharges below thewater-level inthe. first washing-chamber 7, said water-level beingdetermined by the overflow 8. The first washing-chamber isiseparatedfrom the seq' transverse 0nd Washingchamber 9 by a partition 10. Thesecond washing-chamber communicates with the lower portion of the firstscrubbin -chamber 11, the communication being be 0w the serrated lowered e of the semicylindrical wall 12 of said scrubbingcharnber, whichwalldoes not extend to the The cylindrical shell of the scrubbing-chamber isdivided into two scrubbin -chambers 11 and 13 by a transverse verticawall 14. The as is thus compelled to pass upward in the stscrubbing-chamber and subjected to the scrubbing Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed May 17, 1904, Serial No. 208,346.

I The outer end 'ofsaid member 3, however, is convex, as shown at 5.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

action of water dropping from a s ray 15 in the top of said chamber. Thegas t on passes by a pipe 16 to the bottom of the second scrubbingchamber, Where it emerges and again ascends, being acted upon by waterfrom a spray 17 in said second chamber.

18 is the outlet for the gas. 19 and 20 are gates for removing theresidual deposits.

21 is a trap to prevent the escape of gas from the scrubbing-chamber. b22 is the overflow fromthe scrubbing-chamer. vBy means of thisconstruction the complete cleaning of the gas can be effected withoutthe necessity of an unduly extensive and elaborate apparatus.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, the scrubbercomprising a vertical shell, a vertical'partition therein dividing thesame into two chambers, a spray operating in the first chamber, a ipeconducting the gas from the top of said st chamber to the bottom of thesecond chamber, and a spray o crating in the second chamber, substantialy as described.

2. The combined gas washer and scrubber com rising a substantiallyL-shaped shell, the orizontal member being an overflow, a gas-inletexten level of the overflow, and a transverse ing below the partitiondividinglthe horizontal member into two rovided with tical partition insaid vertical member dividing it into two chambers, a spray in the firstchamber, a gas-pipe leading from the top of said first chamber to thebottom of the sec- 0nd chamber, and a spray in the second chamber,substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set rny hand in the presence of twosubscribing wit- HGSSBS.

L. P. LOWE.

' -Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, Bnssrn GORFINKEL.

